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BURCHFIEL v. FIRST UNITED METHODIST

933 S.W.2d 481 (1996)

The ESTATE OF William Wesley BURCHFIEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee; the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Walters State Community College; Tennessee Board of Regents of the University and Community College Systems of Tennessee; and Sevier County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied November 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. McKinney, Knoxville, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jerry H. McCarter, Gatlinburg, for Defendant-Appellee, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Christine Modisher, Nashville, for Defendants-Appellees, Walters State Community College, Tennessee Board of Regents.

Beauchamp E. Brogan and J. Robert Walker, Knoxville, for Appellee-Defendant, The University of Tennessee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 4, 1996.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action to construe a will, the Trial Court determined that the Walters State Community College's proposal to build a branch campus would meet the conditions set forth in the Testator's will, and broadly held that "any existing entity" under the control of the Tennessee Board of Regents could be used to meet the conditions set forth in the will.

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